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- India
Air India hikes fuel surcharge on domestic, international routes
New Delhi: Air India on Tuesday, April 7, announced a revision in fuel surcharge across domestic and international routes amid a rise in global jet fuel prices. For domestic routes, the airline…
- India
IndiGo launches Shanghai-Kolkata direct flight
Beijing: IndiGo airline on Monday, March 30, launched its daily flight from Shanghai to Kolkata boosting the air connectivity between India and China. The IndiGo6E flight was launched by Indian Consulate General…
- World
China resumes direct flights to North Korea after 6 years
Beijing: China’s flag carrier resumed direct flights between Beijing and North Korea’s capital of Pyongyang on Monday, March 30, not long after the restoration of passenger train services between the capitals. The…
- India
Tour operator booked for cheating woman of Rs 6.6 lakh in Thane district
Thane: A case has been registered against a tour operator from Maharashtra’s Thane district for allegedly duping a woman of Rs 6.6 lakh with the promise of arranging travel bookings for her…
- India
Allocate 60 pc seats on any flight free of charge: Govt to airlines
New Delhi: In a bid to further enhance ease of air travel, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said on Wednesday that a minimum of 60 per cent of seats on any flight…
- India
Emirates flight returns to Thiruvananthapuram after security incident in Dubai
Thiruvananthapuram: An Emirates flight bound for Dubai from Thiruvananthapuram returned to the airport here on Monday, March 16, following a security incident reported at the destination airport, an official said. The Emirates…
- Middle East
Israeli group organised mystery flights for Palestinians to South Africa
Tel Aviv: The plane carrying about 150 Palestinians from Gaza came as a surprise to everyone on the ground when it landed in South Africa in November. It wasn’t the only one.…
- Business
Air India finds large-scale misuse of staff travel policy, begins action
New Delhi/Mumbai: Air India has detected large-scale discrepancies in the utilisation of its leisure travel policy, involving more than 4,000 employees and has initiated corrective actions, including imposing penalties on the erring…
- India
DGCA proposes tighter rules for foreign airlines operating in India
New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has proposed to tighten rules for foreign airlines operating to and from India, including mandatory digital registration, stronger legal accountability for local representatives,…
- World
Hyderabad–Phuket Air India Express plane suffers nose-wheel problem
Mumbai: An Air India Express aircraft operating its Hyderabad-Phuket (Thailand) flight suffered a nose-wheel issue at Phuket Airport, the airline said on Wednesday. Authorities suspended flight operations at Phuket airport following the…
- World
US: Muslim passenger taken off flight as prayer alarm goes off
A Muslim passenger was removed from a flight in the United States after a prayer alarm on his phone went off on March 6. The Southwest Airlines flight, which was headed to…
- Hyderabad
Bomb threat email causes panic at Hyderabad airport, delays flight
Hyderabad: Panic prevailed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), commonly known as Hyderabad airport, on Saturday, March 7 and flights were delayed due to a bomb threat email. As per the…
- News
Ticket prices soar over 100 pc on US-India routes
New Delhi: Airfares on several major routes between North America and India have surged sharply after the closure of key airspace corridors disrupted long-haul flight operations, forcing airlines to reroute flights and…
- Middle East
Saudia extends flight suspension to 8 destinations until March 6
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s national carrier Saudia, formerly known as Saudi Arabian Airlines, said it had extended the suspension of flights to several destinations as regional conditions persist. The airline said services to…
- India
Returnees recount fear, soaring costs amid Middle East conflict
New Delhi: “I didn’t feel any relief, not even during the flight, until I finally landed in Delhi,” said Sunil Gupta, one of the several passengers who returned home shaken, as the…
